2024 Kilkenny County Council election

An election to all 24 seats on Kilkenny County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections.[1] County Kilkenny is divided into 4 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).[2]

2024 Kilkenny County Council election
7 June 2024
All 24 seats on Kilkenny County Council
13 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Fianna Fáil Fine Gael Labour
Last election 11 9 2
Seats before 11 8 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Green Independent
Last election 0 1 1
Seats before 1 1 2
Area of Kilkenny County Council

Retiring incumbents

The following councillors are not seeking re-election:

Constituency Councillor Party
Piltown Eamon Aylward[3] Fianna Fáil
Callan-Thomastown Matt Doran[4] Fianna Fáil
Callan-Thomastown Patrick O’Neill[4] Fine Gael


Results by party

^ *: Outgoing councillor elected in 2019.
^ †: Outgoing councillor coopted subsequent to the 2019 election.

Party Candidates Seats ± 1st pref FPv% ±%
Fianna Fáil 12 11 15,504 39.45 1.66
Fine Gael 10 7 2 11,668 29.69 2.41
Labour 3 2 2,403 6.11 1.43
Sinn Féin 8 1 1 3,987 10.14 3.78
Green 3 1 1,105 2.81 1.03
Social Democrats 2 0 New 750 1.91 New
Independent Ireland 1 0 New 354 0.90 New
Irish Freedom 1 0 New 309 0.79 New
The Irish People 2 0 New 235 0.60 New
People Before Profit 1 0 89 0.23 0.37
Independent 7 2 1 2,900 7.38 1.08
Total 50 24 39,304 51.4%

Candidates by local electoral area

Callan–Thomastown
Callan–Thomastown: 6 seats[5][6]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Fianna Fáil Peter Cleere[*] 19.02% 2,057          
Fianna Fáil Joe Sheridan 18.38% 1,988          
Fine Gael Joe Lyons[*] 14.99% 1,621          
Fine Gael Michael Doyle[*] 12.41% 1,342 1,519 1,558      
Fianna Fáil Deirdre Cullen[*] 11.17% 1,208 1,441 1,699      
Sinn Féin Stephanie Doheny 7.97% 862 891 935 960 1,068 1,442
Fine Gael Orla Kelly 7.53% 814 860 921 983 1,156 1,217
Sinn Féin David Kennedy 4.91% 531 547 569 577 600  
Green Kristina Doyle 3.64% 394 404 422 446    
Electorate: 20,510   Valid: 10,817   Spoilt: 215   Quota: 1546   Turnout: 11,032 (53.79%)  

    Castlecomer
    Castlecomer: 6 seats[5][7]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Fianna Fáil Pat Fitzpatrick[*] 21.90% 2,308        
    Fine Gael Mary Hilda Cavanagh[*] 17.69% 1,865        
    Fianna Fáil Michael McCarthy[*] 14.13% 1,489 1,678      
    Independent Maurice Shortall 10.94% 1,153 1,284 1,308 1,332 1,654
    Fine Gael John Brennan[*] 10.70% 1,128 1,339 1,511    
    Sinn Féin Denis Hynes[*] 9.68% 1,020 1,082 1,101 1,114 1,172
    Fianna Fáil Michael Delaney[*] 9.37% 988 1,154 1,266 1,374 1,463
    Independent Ireland Daniel Burke 3.36% 354 388 404 411  
    The Irish People Stephen Delaney 2.23% 235 244 260 260  
    Electorate: 19,995   Valid: 10,540   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 1,506   Turnout: 10,678 (53.40%)  

      Kilkenny
      Kilkenny: 7 seats[5][8]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789101112131415
      Fianna Fáil Andrew McGuinness[*] 14.52% 1,420                            
      Fine Gael David Fitzgerald[*] 12.59% 1,231                            
      Independent Eugene McGuinness[*] 11.61% 1,136 1,170 1,170 1,189 1,192 1,199 1,208 1,235              
      Fianna Fáil Joe Malone[*] 10.64% 1,041 1,114 1,116 1,118 1,130 1,135 1,139 1,164 1,179 1,204 1,205 1,239      
      Fianna Fáil John Coonan[*] 7.13% 697 721 721 724 728 731 731 738 742 770 772 782 821 1,020 1,078
      Labour Seán Ó hArgáin 6.72% 657 669 669 669 671 677 678 691 700 814 816 832 881 1,015 1,106
      Green Maria Dollard[†] 6.08% 595 601 602 604 606 616 618 632 641 683 684 690 767 832 891
      Social Democrats Martin O'Neill 5.36% 524 530 531 533 533 560 561 568 583 611 612 640 687 725 856
      Fine Gael Martin Brett[*] 4.99% 488 504 506 506 507 508 509 531 534 559 559 569 603 687  
      Sinn Féin Evan Barry 3.77% 369 375 377 378 382 386 428 432 589 603 603 626 669    
      Independent Toluwani Akaehomen 3.30% 323 327 328 329 341 346 350 361 373 390 391 413      
      Irish Freedom Luke O’Connor 3.16% 309 311 313 327 327 333 335 342 348 349 353        
      Labour Andrea Cleere 2.99% 292 298 298 298 298 300 302 313 326            
      Sinn Féin Aoife O'Brien 1.96% 192 193 193 193 205 215 271 272              
      Independent Liam Heffernan 1.56% 153 155 156 158 159 161 163                
      Sinn Féin Mark O’Farrell 1.33% 130 132 132 135 137 138                  
      People Before Profit Kevin Shore 0.91% 89 90 92 93 95                    
      Independent Jony Aza 0.66% 65 66 67 67                      
      Independent Michael McGrath 0.53% 52 53 54                        
      Independent Noel Gerald Walsh 0.18% 18 18                          
      Electorate: 20,706   Valid: 9,781   Spoilt: 128   Quota: 1,223   Turnout: 9,909 (47.86%)  

        Piltown
        Piltown: 5 seats[5]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456789
        Fine Gael Patrick Dunphy[*] 21.96% 1,874                
        Labour Tomás Breathnach[*] 17.04% 1,454                
        Fianna Fáil Ger Frisby[*] 11.28% 963 991 999 1,019 1,023 1,048 1,150 1,193 1,351
        Fine Gael Fidelis Doherty[*] 11.10% 947 1,055 1,074 1,095 1,101 1,119 1,253 1,278 1,381
        Fianna Fáil Jenny Slattery Catt 9.51% 812 858 868 874 880 891 920 935 1,178
        Fianna Fáil Maria Wall 6.25% 533 682 702 756 762 779 804 811  
        Sinn Féin Natasha Newsome Drennan 5.85% 499 527 540 607 611 655 686 992 1,087
        Sinn Féin Michael Wemyss 4.50% 384 391 395 413 415 440 468    
        The Irish People Richard Daly 4.31% 368 376 377 392 393        
        Fine Gael Damien Donoghue 4.19% 358 394 400 422 424 433      
        Social Democrats David Kane 2.65% 226 257 282            
        Green Benny McDonagh 1.36% 116 126              
        Electorate: 17,132   Valid: 8,534   Spoilt: 96   Quota: 1,423   Turnout: 8,630 (50.37%)  

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